LONDON, April 29 (Reuters) - Sven-Goran Eriksson is unlikely still to be at Manchester City manager next season, his agent said on Tuesday.

British media have speculated the former England coach would
resign or be sacked after City's Thai owner Thaksin Shinawatra
said earlier this month he was unhappy with the Premier League
club's recent form and wanted change.

Asked whether the Swede would still be at the helm at the
beginning of next season, Eriksson's agent Athole Still told Sky
Sports News: 'It's looking odds against.

'If Dr Shinawatra was going to give a ringing message of
support I think we would have heard it.'

Eriksson, popular with fans after a respectable first season
that included doing a rare double over city rivals and league
leaders Manchester United, said he had met Thaksin at the
weekend but declined to give details about their discussions.

'The chairman and I spoke at the weekend but I do not wish
to comment any further,' he said in a statement on the club's
website.

'The game with Liverpool on Sunday is most important and we
are working very hard to prepare properly for the trip to
Anfield and our final game of the season at Middlesbrough.'

Still said the talks with Thaksin had not gone too well.

'It's not looking good. Clearly there have not been the best
of discussions between himself and Dr Shinawatra,' the agent
said.

Thaksin bought City last year, after being deposed as
Thailand's prime minister in a military coup, and hired
Eriksson.

After a strong start to the season City have faded in recent
months and are ninth in the table with two matches to play.

Still said Eriksson would not resign because he was doing a
good job.

'The only thing I can say with some assurance is Sven-Goran
Eriksson will not be walking,' he said.

'You walk if you feel you've done a bad job and you are not
worthy of the position. In Sven's case that is very, very far
from the true situation.'

He added Eriksson was unhappy Thaksin had aired his
displeasure with the team's performance so publicly before
discussing it with the Swede.

'Sven was very unhappy about that, in the sense that if
there is dissatisfaction then it should be discussed internally
first and not in the media,' he said.

A City statement on Tuesday repeated Thaksin's intention to
hold an evaluation once the season was over.

'Dr Thaksin Shinawatra recently stated there would be a full
review of the club at the end of the season. The situation
remains the same,' spokesman Paul Tyrrell said in the statement.